Nivolumab combined with brentuximab vedotin for relapsed/refractory mediastinal gray zone lymphoma
Authors: Armando Santoro, Alison J Moskowitz, Silvia Ferrari, Carmelo Carlo-Stella, Julie M Lisano, Stephen Francis, Rachael Wen, Alev Akyol, Kerry J. Savage
Journal: Blood (2023)

Letter to Blood| June 1, 2023 Nivolumab combined with brentuximab vedotin for relapsed/refractory mediastinal gray zone lymphoma Clinical Trials & Observations Armando Santoro, Armando Santoro 1Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy2IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital–Humanitas Cancer Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1709-9492 Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Alison J. Moskowitz, Alison J. Moskowitz 3Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Silvia Ferrari, Silvia Ferrari 4Azienda Ospedaliera Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9917-2843 Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Carmelo Carlo-Stella, Carmelo Carlo-Stella 1Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy2IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital–Humanitas Cancer Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Julie Lisano, Julie Lisano 5Seagen Inc, Bothell, WA Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Stephen Francis, Stephen Francis 6Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Rachael Wen, Rachael Wen 6Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Alev Akyol, Alev Akyol 6Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Kerry J. Savage Kerry J. Savage 7Centre for Lymphoid Cancer, Division of Medical Oncology, BC Cancer, Vancouver, BC, Canada https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5835-9863 Search for other works by this author on: This Site PubMed Google Scholar Blood (2023) 141 (22): 2780–2783. https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2022017951 Article history Submitted: August 9, 2022 Accepted: March 1, 2023 First Edition: March 10, 2023 Connected Content A commentary has been published: Targeted therapy in mediastinal gray zone lymphoma Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Request Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Armando Santoro, Alison J. Moskowitz, Silvia Ferrari, Carmelo Carlo-Stella, Julie Lisano, Stephen Francis, Rachael Wen, Alev Akyol, Kerry J. Savage; Nivolumab combined with brentuximab vedotin for relapsed/refractory mediastinal gray zone lymphoma. Blood 2023; 141 (22): 2780–2783. doi: https://doi.org/10.1182/blood.2022017951 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentAll JournalsBlood Search Subjects: Clinical Trials and Observations, Lymphoid Neoplasia TO THE EDITOR: Mediastinal gray zone lymphoma (MGZL) is a rare non-Hodgkin lymphoma occurring predominantly in young men.1 MGZL exhibits pathologic characteristics that are intermediate in nature between those of nodular-sclerosis classical Hodgkin lymphoma (NSCHL) and primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma (PMBL), and it is characteristically CD30+.2,3 MGZL tumors, as in NSCHL and PMBL, harbor frequent 9p24.1 copy-number alterations and expression of programmed death-1 (PD-1) ligands 1 and (less commonly) 2.4-7 In a small case series of relapsed/refractory (R/R) MGZL, the PD-1 inhibitor pembrolizumab induced a complete metabolic response in 2 patients.6 Gene expression profiling showed that MGZL clusters between NSCHL and PMBL; whole-exome sequencing supports a common cell of origin.8,9 The 5th-edition update of the World Health Organization and the International Consensus Classification exclude cases arising outside the anterior... 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